KYIV, Sept 16 - Ukraine can receive EUR5 billion of macro-financial assistance from the EU in mid-October, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

"We have been discussing, of course, the budget support, the so-called macro-financial assistance. I am very glad that today the European Parliament has voted positively on the EUR 5 billion loans. And we are working on the rest of the macro-financial assistance. The EUR 5 billion can be disbursed in the first tranche, mid-October," she said at a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Thursday.